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| The sign outside of the entrance. |
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| Part of the playground (outside the entrance) |
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| Looking out towards the river |
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| One of the play structures on the playground |
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| On the wall in the stairwell, made from fabrics, ribbons, paper, etc |
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| An indoor garden that the children get to enjoy & sometimes help out with watering |
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| Standing in the doorway of the room where we met our boys for the first time after they left for lunch (we wore blue shoe protectors while inside the building since we didn't have 'indoor shoes' with us to change into from our 'outside shoes'. |
Please continue to keep us and our boys in your prayers. We won't have any contact with them until the adoption is finalized in Russia, so we are just praying that they stay in good health. Please continue to pray for their caregivers as they take care of our boys.
Rachael has updated our Baby Registry with Wal-Mart if you are interested in helping get some things that are needed.......
Hi Rachael, I came across your blog and wanted to let you know my wife and I live in Houston also and we adopted a brother and sister out of the same Kotlas orphanage. It is hilarious to see your pictures because we have the exact sames pictures of the hotel in Kotlas and Ark, and the meeting room where the toys are! My wife has stopped updating her blog as of late but you can go back over the last few years and see what we went thru on both trips.
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If you have any questions just e-mail my wife and she can give you plenty of tips on making your second and third trips easier!